Universal credit claimant Naomi Lihou shares her story after Amnesty International UK found "severe human rights violations" ...

The right to social security is enshrined in several international agreements on human rights. But the UK’s system – even ...

Britain said on Thursday it would support efforts to rebuild Syria's financial system by removing sanctions to encourage investments in financial services, energy production and other sectors.

A damning Amnesty has found the Department for Work and Pensions benefits system is "cruel", "ruining lives" and " violating ...

Across the UK, disabled people are being pushed to the margins. Not by accident but by deliberate government policy. One of the most brutal examples is the ongoing attack on Personal Independence ...

Britain said on Thursday it will back initiatives aimed at restoring Syria's financial system by lifting sanctions to ...

BRITAIN’S criminal justice system is at breaking point — just read a raft of government inspectorate reports and those of the respected Institute for Government.

Independent readers divided over plans for ‘postcode lottery’ energy pricing - YOUR VIEWS: Our community share their views on ...

The UK government has so far had to pay out more than £800mn to make up for historic state pension underpayments, the latest report into the scandal reveals.

Sir Keir Starmer is addressing an energy security summit hosted in London by Climate Secretary Ed Miliband. He tells the audience we are "living through an era of global instability". Watch and follow ...

The Public Accounts Committee said certification schemes aiming to ensure biomass has been sustainably sourced may not be ...

The Liverpool Bay CCS project will transport carbon dioxide from capture plants across the North West of England and North ...